Fly guard



T. H. LITTLE March 8, 1938.

FLY GUARD Filed March 12 1936 WIIIIJIWWWII INVEN TOR Thomas H. LittLe M ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 8, 1938 NETED STTES FLY GUARD Thomas Herberth Little, Brandon,

Ganad Manitoba,

Application March 12, 1936, Serial No. 68,509 In Canada March 12, 1935 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in a fly guard and appertains particularly to such an appliance that is readily attached to any conventional set of harness affording protection for and relief to a fiy pestered animal.

An object of the invention is to provide a fly guard of advanced design and composed of two transversely extended sections lying one on each side of the back pad or more specifically one between the hames and back pad and the other between the back pad and breeching strap.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a fly guard of any suitable fabric of light weave or net with a reinforcement along the longitudinal median and snap fasteners on the forward edges to each side of the said reinforcement.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a fly guard of the nature and for the purpose specified that is'characterized by structural simplicity, light weight, durability, efliciency Y and low costof manufacture whereby the same is rendered commercially desirable.

To the accomplishment of these andrelated objects as shall become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as shall be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

The invention will be best understood and can be more clearly described when reference is had to the drawing forming a part of this disclosure, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device in position on a Work horse; and

Figure 2 is an enlarged diagrammatic plan view of the component parts of the fly guard.

This device as illustrated comprises two main parts which may be denominated the front and back fly guard A and B respectively. These sections are made of any suitable fabric or net though preferably of light weight and their ends 5 as they lie disposed transversely of the animal may be tasselled.

Along the longitudinal median of the co posite device is a reinforcing band or strap 6, that on the front section A being bifurcated or divided at its forward end 1 on the end of each arm of which is a ring 8 while a similar ring occurs on the rear end of the front section reinforcing strap, but the rear section reinforcing band or strap is plain and finishes both front and rear with a' simple ring 8.

On each front corner of the' rear section B a snap hook 9 is provided and approximately in line therewith the front section A, which is substantially longer in its transverse dimension than the former, though somewhat narrow-er, carries a similar snap hook on its forward edge on each side of centre.

In applying this fly guard in place, the spaced rings 8 on the front end of the bifurcated band or strap 6 on the front section A slip over the top of the hames and the snap hooks 9 thereon attach to the small rings normally occurring on the hames just above the traces: The rear section B connects by its front and back reinforcing band rings 8 to the back pad and breeching strap respectively while its front corner snaps 9 join to the ring at the junction of the traces and back pad, all as shown in Figure 1.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it will be manifest that a fly guard is provided that will fulfill all the necessary requirements of such a device but as many changes could be made in the above description and many apparently widely different embodiments of the invention may be constructed within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matters contained in the said accompanying specification and drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitative or restrictive sense.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:---

1. A fly guard for use in combination with a set of harness including a front fly net section disposed between the hames and back pad of the harness and adapted to cover the shoulders of an animal, said net having a median reinforcing strap bifurcated at its front end, the ends of said bifurcations being provided with rings for connection with attaching means on the hames, and the rear end of said median reinforcement being provided with a ring for connection with attaching means on theback pad.

2. A structure as set forth in claim 1, in which the lower forward portions of the net structure are provided with attaching means for engagement with-the hames.

THOMAS HERBERTH LITTLE. 

